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Q: When was the last time a write-in candidate won a partisan political office?
A: The last write-in candidate to win election was Ron Packard running for Congress in 1982. Write-ins have only been elected six times in the last century.
November 5, 2018
Governor Gavin Newsom will be the first Democratic Governor to succeed … [Read More...]
August 28, 2018
Due in large part to an curiously timed Senate special election that resulted in … [Read More...]
December 1, 2017
http://capitolweekly.net/where-are-they-now-pat-nolan/ … [Read More...]
November 4, 2017
http://capitolweekly.net/now-mike-machado/ … [Read More...]
October 6, 2017
http://capitolweekly.net/where-are-they-now-wadie-deddeh/ … [Read More...]
The highest vote count for a State Senator was in 1958, when Richard Richards ran unopposed for reelection and won with more than 1.4 million votes. At the time, State Senate districts were apportioned by county rather than population, and Richards represented the entirety of Los Angeles County (which now contains parts of 14 Senate […]
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